Ironing-machine.



M. LEVIN.

IRONING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 8, 1911.

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Patented Jan. 12, 1915.

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IRONING-MACHINE.

Application filed June 8, 1911.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, MAX LEVIN, a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ironing- Machines. of which the following is a full, clear and exact description.

The invention relates to ironing-machines, and designs to provide an improved machine for flexibly and yieldingly suspending a pressing iron, which is simple in construction. and which may be easily operated.

The invention consists in the several novel features hereinafter set forth and more particularly defined by claims at the conclusion hereof.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section of a machine embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken on line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 8 is a horizontal section taken on line 33 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the stirrup which is adapted to be dctachably connected to the pressing iron. Fig. 5 is a vertical section taken on line 55 of. Fig. 1. I

A hollow standard or pipe 10 is rigidlv secured in a base 11 which is adapted to be secured to the top of the table. A hollow arm 12 is mounted to turn around the standard 10 and is connected to an elbow 13 which is connected to a pipe 14, which extends into the hollow standard 10. A ball-bearing 15 is provided between a collar 16 which is secured to the upper end of standard 10 and a shoulder 17 on elbow 13 which turns with arm 12. thus providing a hearing which permits the arm to be readily turned. The outer portion of arm 12 is sustained by a diag nal brace 18, which is connected to a collar 19 clamped on said arm and to a col lar 20 which fits around standard 10, and rests on a bearing collar 21 which is secured to said standard by a screw 22. I

The machine comprises an extensible and flexible suspension device or connection for the pressing iron. and an automatic windingmechanism, which will operate the connection to raise the pressing iron when it is released by the operator. The connection for operating the pressingiron, comprises a flexible cable 24 which has one end secured to a drum or Windlass 25 and its other or Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 12, 1915.

Serial No. 632,037.

free end connected to a loop or bracket 26. The cable 24 is guided from drum 25 through the standard and arm 12 by a sheave 27 mounted on a bolt 28 extending through said standard. a sheave 29 on a bolt 30 in elbow 13 and a sheave 31 on a bolt 32, adjacent the outer end of arm 12. A stirrup 33 is pivotally connected to bracket 26, by a pivot-bolt 84, and a bolt 35 is adapted to extend through the depending arms of the stirrup and through the handle 36 of the pressing-iron 37 which may be of usual construction, to detachably connect the iron to the stirrup. The rear arm 38 of stirrup 33 is bowed outwardly to leave the space at one side and to the rear of handle 36, free for the arm of the operator when the iron is being manipulated. Pivot-bolt 34 permits the handle 36 and pressing iron to be turned horizontally to any desired angle by the operator.

The winding drum 25 is rigidly secured to a shaft 89, which is journaled in base 11 and in bearings 40 and is secured to fiat convolute springs 41 and 42 having their inner ends attached to shaft 39 and their outer ends secured to a fixed shell 43. The force of these springs is applied to shaft 89 and drum 25 to over-balance the pressingiron, so that when the latter is adjacent the table, and is released it will be automatically litter-l some distance above the table. These. springs also permit the cable 24 to be unwound from the drum 25 when the pressing iron is manually forced downwardly onto the pressing table.

In operation the force of springs 41 and 42 will be sufficient to hold the pressing iron normally above the table. To use the iron, the operator will apply sutficient force to the handle 36 of the iron to move it downwardly onto the material to be pressed, the flexible cable 24 being unwound from the drum 25 against the force of springs 41 and '42. The iron may then be manipulated in any direction because the arm 12 will follow the movement of the iron, and if necessary the cable 24 will be unwound from or wound on the drum. The swivel connection between the stirrup 33 and bracket 26 permits theiron to be turned or pointed in any desired direction for convenient manipulation.

A hook 45 is secured to collar 21 to hold the flexible gas-hose leading to the pressing iron.

In pressing, it is frequently necessary to moisten the material to be pressed and a water-receptacle 46 is connected to a bracket 47, which. fits around standard 10 so that the vessel may be swung into desired position and will be conveniently accessible to the operator when the pressing iron is in different positions with respect to the standard. A shelf 49 rests on the vessel 46 and is adapted to hold a sponge in convenient position for use when desired, and in close proximity to vessel 46.

The invention thus provides an improved ironing machine, comprising a standard adapted to be secured upon the pressingtable and a hollow arm swiveled thereon, a flexible connection and take-up device for the iron. The machine is simple in construction and the arm and flexible connection to which the pressing iron is connected, permit the iron to be operated in any desired direction and at either side of the standard without the use of a plurality of jointed members, and the suspension-device is always out of the way and does not interfere with the free movement of the pressing iron.

The invention is not to be understood as restricted to the details set forth since these inav be modified bv the skilled mechanic within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spiritand scope of the invention.

Having thus described the invention what I claim is new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In an ironing-machine, the combination of a hollow standard, a base for thestandard, an arm. means for rotatably securing said arm within said standard, a brace eX- tending between said arm and said standard "and rotatably connected to the standard, a

flexible suspension-device extending through said arm and standard, means at the free end of said device for connecting it to a pressing iron, and a take-up device for said suspension-device.

2. In an ironing-machine. the combination of a standard, a spring take-up device. an arm pivotally connected to the standard, to swing horizontally, a flexible element connected to the take-up device, means at the free end of said element for connecting it to a pressing iron. means for guiding said element adjacent the outer end of the arm and means for guiding said element adjacent the inner end of the arm, and means for guiding said element through the standard.

3. In an ironing-machine, the combination of a base, a shaft. a convolute spring applied to wind said shaft, adrum on said shaft, a

standard gam tes to. said base, a iveteid.

arm at the upper end of said standard, a flexible element, means at free end thereof for connecting a pressing-iron thereto, means adjacent the outer end of said arm for guiding said element, and means for guiding said element from the outer end of the arm to said drum.

4. In an ironing-machine, the combination of a base, a shaft, a convolute spring applied to wind said shaft, a drum on said shaft, a I

plied to wind said drum, a hollow standard 7 I on the base, a hollow arm pivotally mounted in the standard, a flexible suspension element, a guide for said element in and adjacent the outer end of said arm. and means for guiding said element through said standard.

.6. In an ironing-machine, the combination of a base, a take-up mechanism in the base, a hollow standard connected to said base, an

arm pivotallv sustained by said standard. a collar on said standard, a brace having its upper end connected to the arm. means at the inner end of the brace resting on said collar, to pivotally sustain the brace and a flexible suspension-device connected to the take-up device and extending through said standard and said arm.

7. In an ironing machine, comprising a support, a suspension device connected to said support. a pressing iron having a bandle, and a stirrup connected at either end to the handle of the pressing-iron. a portion of the stirrup adjacent the rear end of the handle being bowed outwardly from the side and arcuately away from the handle sufliciently to provide clearance for the arm of the operator rearwardlv of the handle. without interference by said stirrup when the operators hand is on the handle.

8. In an ironing machine, comprising a support, a suspension device connected to said support, a pressing-iron. having a handle, astirrup connected at either end to the handle of the pressing-iron, a portion of the stirrup adjacent the rear end of the handle, being bowed outwardlv from the side and arcuatelv away from the handle sufiiciently to provide clearance for the arm of the operator rearwardlv of the handle without interference by said stirrup when the oper-' ato ds hand is on the handle, a rigid clipsecured to said suspension device, and a vertically extending pivotal connection between said clip and said stirrup.

9. Apparatus of the kind specified comprising a hollow standard, a revoluble cap therefor, a horizontally disposed arm nonrotatably secured to said cap, a bracket pivotally attached to said standard and supporting the free end portion of said arm, a

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Washington, D. G." 

